The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-09
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
YESTERDA TRENCHAHT IDEAS
or VARIOUS MEy
Secretary Fairohild-The Tribune's Echo
Ing Howl-Rumors Of War-Prohibition
Laws Protected WooI-Christian Con-
ference-Press Opinions on the Message.

Ing Howl Rumors Of Prohibition
Laws-Profected WooI-Christian Con-
ference-Press Opinions on the Message.
Secretary Fairchild recommends an
amendment of the immigration law which
may well receive the favorable consider
alton of Congress. He suggests that a
reasonable fine be imposed upon the
master for every alien brought to this
country who is liable to become public
charge, and that the tine be made q lien
upon the vessel
The existing law provides for the re-
turn of pauper, lunatic, and convict aliens
at the expense OF the owner OF the vessel
which brought them This provision
has not been found sufficiently effective
in practice 1t is not proposed, however,
to repeal but 10 supplement IL by the
penalty of a fine, which there Is reason
to believe will prove more adequate
remedy of the evil than the provision
now in force-N J. Herald
This has been the average English
manufacturers argument for many
years, and New York importers have re-
/ produced ii with an aifectation of candor
We do not want you Yankees TO adopt
free trade" they have said in effect " we
dread American competition under free
trade because you are certain 10 beat Us
| In the long run and deprive us OF our
own markets 1t is for our interest 10
have the tariff remain "a it is, for Ameri
can free trade will b. the death-blOw to
English manufacturing ~ J. Tribune
The currency which rumOfs of Wal So
easily acquire at Buda Pesth and Vienna
is due 10 an uneasy consciousness OF the
dual monarchy insecurity and weakness
Ii is an undsputed fact that, compared
with Russia, GERMANY or France, the
Hapsburgh empire is singularly back
ward in respect of military PREPARATION
aud is, moreover, in such financial straits
that no rapid enlargement and improve
ment Of its army can be hoped for
That is why the triple alliance, which
has lately been renewed, and which 10
Germany was simply matter of precau-
ton and convenience, was TO Austro-
| Hungary matter Of vital moment. That
Is why, too, some recent movements of
Russian soldiers on the Galician frontier
exert such depressing influence on the
| Vienna Stock Exchange and cause even
a sOber-minded newspaper like the Pestter
| Ll0gd 10 describe Russias attitude as so
threatening that we cannot but thiak
that war is inevitable. " J. Sun.
The Kansas las may be taken as
markin the extreme limit of legislation
in dealing with the liquor question. They
not only prohibit the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors, but declare
any building used for the purpose to
be a public nuisance. Before the Su
preme Court ii was claimed that no State
| had a right TO prevent a man from max
| ing liquor for his own use or for export
and sale elsewhere, and that 10 destroy
the value of property used in the manu-.
faciure OF liquor and adapted 10 no other
purpose was equivalent to taking il for
public use withOu' compensation and de-
priying the owner Of il without due pro
cess Of law On all these points the
State enactmenls are upheld.-N l.
Times
The Tfl5unes correspondent asks with
true TriJaHe logic If sugar, cotton and
rice are protected for the benefit Of un-
reconstructed rebels, why should not
Northern products also be protected
for the advantage Of the loyal men Of the
North who stood so nobly by the Union
flag "If wool-growers are protected, p"
he asks. why not protect the egg pro.
Queer" He declares that millions of
dozens of eggs are imported from foreign
parts, and he insists that instead OF pay
inc our money to the BLASTED foreigner
we ought to produce all the eggs We con-
sumo here, there being plenty Of room
| in America for hens. Exchange
With respect to the transfer Of Mr..
Villas from the Posioilice to the Depart
ment of the Interior, there is only one
opinion in the country-that the promo.
ton 10 functions even more complicated
and important is a deserved compliment
to his very successful discharge Of the
difficult duties of PostniasterG General
v. \. Star.
The General Christian Conference, I'M
der the auspices of the Evangelical ALI
ance, opened their sessions in Washington
Wednesday The members have laid out
plenty Of work for themselves, as they
propose to discuss measures upon which
all denominations may be brought TO
unite in emergencies-th changed condi-
tions of labor and capital, and how best
to reach the non churchgoers.-E.rchaHge
The President doubtless means,
precisely what most intelligent peo-
pie think, that the articles al
fected by our internal revenue laws
are not in any proper sense necessa-
ries of life, and can afford, if need be, to
continue to bear the by no means exces-
sive burden of taxation now imposed
upon them Baltimore Sun.
The change proposed is not simply a
matter of detail, but of principle. The
Democrats are in favor of Democratic
lariG-a tariff whose pr mary purpose
will be revenue, the only lawful object OF
taxation. The Republicans demand the
maintenance OF protection as the central
idea Of the tariiT-protection regardless
of the needs of the Conveniently Wash
Post.